Men's College Basketball: Miami at Florida State

The skinny: The last two ACC champions likely won’t contend this season as the Seminoles face a Miami team even more in the doldrums than they are. … FSU lost to Maryland 83-71 on Saturday, and the Hurricanes lost their second close game in a row, 56-55 to NC State. … Miami fell to Pittsburgh in overtime earlier last week 59-55. … FSU has beaten Miami six of the last seven meeting at home and has a 27-6 record in Tallahassee against the 'Canes. 'Noles coach Leonard Hamilton, who coached UM before coming to FSU, is 15-7 against his old team. … FSU sophomore guard Aaron Thomas has started three games this season, including the last two. He is averaged 20.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in his starts, is shooting .733 on 3-point shots (11 of 15) and is perfect on 14 free-throw attempts. … Since a close loss at Syracuse and a victory over North Carolina to open the ACC season, Miami has lost six of eight, including a 65-52 loss to FSU at home on Jan. 15.